"...How will I ever get rich?"

"...How will I ever get rich?" 

This morning after a nice long sleep I decided to walk first downstairs in the flat to check my mail, half awake and still in pyjama pants and slippers I walked down the steps. I was curious if I already got a message from the hospital for my electrocardiography appointment, I hoped it takes place on a free day, so that I wont have to ask for a few free hours from work. I had more then one mail when I opened the box, one was from the hospital, yes! And two more, one from taxes and one from Gak, oh? Wondering what they wanted now... Good news was that my hospital appointment is on a Friday, but it's not until the 24th of August, weird! I thought I was a kind of a emergency this electrocardiography, anyway.....


The other mail was from taxes, they had some bad news. My income will get shortened, social services has stopped their monthly income, cause I'm now above minimum wage since I have a payed job. And so has housing benefit... plus health care benefit, sigh. They really so don't want you to earn that tiny little extra, how will I ever get rich? Or enjoy finally the benefits for all the struggling and working I did. First thing I thought was, "But everyone has a right on housing benefit or health care benefit." Yeah, but not when your above minimum wage, like me now. I think the reason was that I was in a light shock was that I lived from welfare for such a long time that I got easily used to it. 

Although that, I still will hold the monthly income from Gak and from my job. Gak's money I will always keep cause of my sickness, I don't work for the fully five day's in the week, only three. But still, without the housing benefit and health care benefit I really have to keep an eye on my wallet. It was quit a sum of money (in my eyes) what I was getting, but that's stopped now. Ofcource I got worried and ofcource I was thinking, "Didn't I gave the right information, wasn't I mistaking?" I wanted to be sure and went to the taxes office here in this City. There they said, "It all has to do with your income, it's to high, that's why we shortened it." I would like to do a re-infilling again I told them, I can do a re-infilling on the taxes site online.

"That's okay," said the guy behind the desk. On the taxes site you have to fill in what you will be earning over the whole year, in short, they want to know your whole income over the year 2012. It's a bit of a puzzle but I managed, when I got the complete sum of my total income I took off the income for 7 months from Social Services. ('They' payed me until the month May from this year) When I wanted to confirm the new infilling I had doubts, was I sure? Did I do right? I logged off.... I guess I could use some help with this, just to be sure. I called Humanitas, and asked for help. Although I'm not living there anymore, I always can count on them when there's something going on when it comes to money, my house, my social life...etc.

Saturday morning at 10:00 I can visit Humanitas for a quick help with the taxes infilling, pffeeww relieved! I just want to get this right, not want any troubles anymore. Specially not with taxes. I struggled enough, when I have enough money to come around, I'm fine and wont complain. I know how it is to live with a small wallet.